Published January 10, 1998
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Journal article
Duality in quantum field theory (and string theory)
Creators
- 1. Theory Division, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23 (Switzerland)
- 2. Departament d'Estructura i Constituents de la Materia, Facultat de Fisica, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona (Spain)
Description
These lectures give an introduction to duality in Quantum Field Theory. We discuss the phases of gauge theories and the implications of the electric-magnetic duality transformation to describe the mechanism of confinement. We review the exact results of N=1 supersymmetric QCD and the Seiberg-Witten solution of N=2 super Yang-Mills. Some of its extensions to String Theory are also briefly discussed
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.54691;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 419
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1-53
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- Trends in theoretical physics CERN-Santiago de Compostela-La Plata meeting
- Dates
- Apr 1997
- Place
- La Plata (Argentina)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40053839
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- DUALITY; GAUGE INVARIANCE; HIGGS MODEL; MAGNETIC MONOPOLES; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; STRING MODELS; STRING THEORY; SUPERSYMMETRY; TRANSFORMATIONS; YANG-MILLS THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- COMPOSITE MODELS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; M-THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOPOLES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARK MODEL; SYMMETRY
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 1998 American Institute of Physics.